Machine for making building fabric



W. C. CORYELL.

MAcHrNE FOR MAKING BUILDING FABRIC..

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1919.

Pateted Sept. 21, 1920.

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W. C. CORYELL. MACHIN FOR MAKING BUILDING FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1919.

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MACHNE FOR MAKING BUILDING FABRIC.

APFLlCATION FILED JULY 9, 1919.

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` UNITED STATES .WILLIAM CLAYTON CORYELL, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENERAL FIREPROOFING COMPANY, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, A CCRPORATION OF OHIO.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BUILDING FABRIC.

Application filed J'uly 9, 1919. Serial No. 309,(530.

To all whom it come m;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CLAYTON CORYELL, citizen of the United States, re

siding at Youngstown, in the County of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have inVented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Building Fabi-ic, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of building material of the character used as a form or matrix for receiving and holding wall plaster, stucco, cement or other surfacing material and which may also be .employed as a panel material.

To that end the invention primarily has in view the provision of a machine of simple and practical Construction and enbodying means for economically and expeditiously manufacturing that class of building .material or building fabric enployed chiefiy as a substitute for wooden and metal latling. In the present state of this art. that is the art of making paper or equivalent .lathing. both reinforced and unreinforced, there is a lack of suitable machinery for satisfactorily and commercially m'aking such a product on a proper scale to meet the requirements of the trade. The hand processes which have been resorted to for that purpose are tedious and expensive besides not giving the uniform results as is possible with a well designed machine.

Accordingly, it is the purpose of the present invention to satisfactorily meet the conditions and requirements above indicated by providing a machine which will enable the manufacturer to produce with economy and reasonable rapidity a building fabric having the necessary structural and functional characteristics adapting it for the requirements of the building trade.

With these and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood the same consists in the novel Construction combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

The essential structural features of the machine which provide for preparing the paper or equivalent body sheet and the interweaving of metal reinforcenents therewith are susceptible of a wide range of modification without departing from the Scope of the invention but certain preferred and practical embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the essential coperating elements of a machine constructed in accordance with the present invention for making a building fabric or material; the view showing the forming die separated, and the body sheet in position ready to be crimped.

F ig. 2 is a similar view with the forming dies closed, on a line of section including a longtudinal row of forming dies showing the crimped sheet and a metal reinforcing rod partly threaded through the sa1'e.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational View of a section of the building fabric with the body sheet crimped and the metal reinforcenent inserted as provided for by the Operations of the machine.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View of the reinforced fabric in the form it usually appears as it leaves the machine. v

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified form of the machine employing perforating cutters to provide threading holes in the body sheet for the metal reinforcenent: the View showing the forming dies closed and the prforating cutters piercing `the body shee Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 2 of the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 with the perforating cutters withdrawn and the metal reinforcement threaded partly through the perforations of the crimped sheet. V

F ig. 7 is a plan View of the bottom face of the upper forming die of the machine providing for one arrangement of the reinforcing members. e r

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the toppiece of the lower forming die which forms a complement or mate with the die shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a plan View of the building fabric having the arrangement of reinforcing members as provided for by the forming die shown in Figs. 7 and 8. 5

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view of one of Specification of'Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 21, 1920. i

the die units of the complete forming die shown by Figs. 7 and 8, the line of section being indicated by the line 10 10 on Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a View similar to Fig. 10 of another die unit with the line of section being indicated by the line 11-11 on Fig. 7. Fig. 12 is a plan view of the bottom face i of the upper. forming die modified to pro vide for a diagonal arrangement of the reinforc'ing members. i

' Fig. 13.isa planvvew of the upper face' 'of the lower forming die which is the compleme'n't or mate of the upper die' member shown' in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a plan View of the building -fabrio with the staggered reinforcement prond 16 are plan' views of the vided for by the forming. dig members of 12 and 13. v

' die faces-of the com lemental forming dies de signed to pr'oduce nother arrangement of the reinforcng members. a V

. Figsl'? isa a lan view 'of the fabric made with the dies o Figs. 15 and 16. V Like references designat'e corresponding arts in the several figures of the drawn u a i he 'present machine is designed with special reference to the manufacture'of a, .building fabric or building material hav-- ing certain structural characteristics. In the main such a-fabric or`materal consists of a paper or equivalent crimped body sheet having rows of cOrrugatOnS, and metallic reinforcing members threaded through the corrugations. This body sheet is designated in the drawings by the letterA and the lateral undulations of one form of the fabric slown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, while in Fig. 3 of the drawings is shown the longitudinally corrugated feature prroviding the longitudinal rows of corrugatons B whose walls C are pierced by straight or substanreinforcing members on one side of the sheetmay be arranged in stag ered formation as shown in Fig. 9, that is 'n staggered order but in diagonal rows on each side of the sheet as shown in Fig. 14, or in parallel traverse 'rows as shown in Figt 17. This illustrates the scope of the invention and the adaptability of the machine to provide for different dispositions of the reinforcing' members as may be desired or required.

The machine forproducing 'a fabric or material having the structural features referred to embodies in its organization primarily a forming die F comprising upper" and lower die 'members U- and L respectivelyjhavin'g' v their opposing die faces complementally and similarly formed to give to the body sheet the crimped formation shown in Ijgs. 3 and 4 as well asto provide for the threadingof the reinforcing members therethrough while held in a primped condition. That is to say the-=`die members U and L are provided' upon theiri die faces with a Series of transverse rows of die units (where more than V i one reinforcing member is used as is usually the case) T he die units of each transverse row may constitute a, single unitary construction (as shown) or may; be sepa rately assembled'parts on the dieplatens Without departing -from the inventin;

'Therefore it will be understood that each die unit (see Figs. 10 and Il of the drawings) isthat part of the forming die producing the locations w ere' the metal reinforcement is threaded therethrough, 'and re'ferring to Figs. 7 and 8 and 10 and 11 of the drawings it' will be noted that each die unit in .every transverse row of suchunits essen 'tially consists of thupper and lower die blocks 1 and 2 cnstituting portions r units of the upper and lower' die members U and L. -One of said' die blcks is provided therein 'with a die reoess or seat 3 fonning the female die element for the die projection or tenon 4: of the bpposite die block, the said' two die elements 3 and 4, when brought into registration serving to crimp the body sheet with a corrugation'at the reinforcement receiving location. And, to provide means whereby the metal rod or other reinforc'e ment may be inserted 'or threaded through the walls C of thecorrugations thus formed' the male die projection or tenon is rovided in the crown thereof with a longi udinally disposed guiding groove 5 which is in alinementwith similar guiding grooves for the same longitudinal row of f corrugations through which the metal rod or reinforcement is to be passed. i V

The die formation shown in Figs( 7 and 8 of the drawings is adapted for producing` the fabric 'shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings wherei the portions of the metal reinforcement in the same transverse row all lie in staggered 'order on the same side of the sheet. In that connection it will be seen by reference to Figs. 7, 8, lO and 11 of the drawings that where the portion of the reinforcing member is to lie'at what may be l roper crimpin the sheet at the termed the under. side of the body sheet' the reinforcement guiding groove will be in the lower die block 2 (as per Fig. 10) while in the next transverse. row of die units where .the portions of the reinforcemieht are to lie on the upper side of the sheet the guiding ooves 5 are provided in the upper die looks. Likewise forthese alternate posiunits are alternately reversed.

'tions the mating' die elements of the die I The upper and lower die membersU and, i

L having the die conformation 'described are adapted to be operated in connection with any ordinary 'press or die machine, so the usual and va ious parte of such machines are not shown i the accompanying drawings but for purpose -of illustration the l upper and lower die members U and L are F ig. 1 of the drawings the forming die is i shown in its open condition with the flexible fibrous or equivalent body sheet A inserted in place while Fig. 2 of the drawings shows the forming die closed and the body sheet crimped to the form ready to receive the metal reinforcing members D. The feeding of these reinforcing members into this machine and causing the same to be inter woven with, the body sheet may be accomplished in various ways but Conveniently by the use of a feeding table 8 arranged at one side of the lower die member L and adapted to support the reinforcing members D thereon. Associated with the feeding table 8 is a pusher head 9 or equivalent device operated by a suitably controlled feeding rod or` equivalent device 10 to provide means, with the head 9 in engagement withone end of the metal reinforcement D, for forcibly feeding the said member through the longitudinal alined guiding grooves 5 and through the walls C of the longitudinal row of corrugations B. When manufacturing a comparatively thin and light fabric with a stifl" metal reinforcement it is usually only necessary as indicated in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings to force the metal reinforcement through the body sheet and this operation may be facilitated by providing the metal reinforcement with a piercing or entering point 12. On the other hand with a thick or tough fabric or with slender or light reinforcements it may be necessary to employ means for cutting threading holes h through the walls of the corrugations at the time of crimping the body sheet. That may be readily accomplished by associating with the upper and lower members of the formv ing die perforating cutter pins or slitting knives 13 carried by a cutter head 14 operated by a suitably controlled screw or equivalent raising and lowering device 15 and adapted to work through vertical guiding openings 16 in the die members. This form of the machine is shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings and as illustrated thereby the upper die member U may be operated independently of the perforating cutter by means of the screw or equivalent pressure devices 17 to provide for crimping the sheet while the cutters 13 ay be independently 'ments which are fed through the body sheet.

The structural formation of the die members shown'in F igs. 12 and 13 is the same as 'the formation of the die member shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The difference in the die members of F igs. 12 and 13 resides in the diagonal or oblique arrangement of the transverse rowsof dieunits so as to produce a diagonal arrangement of the die units with the result of providing means for obliquely disposing the portions of the reinforcement lying 'respectively on opposite sides of the body sheet as shown in Fig. 14 of the drawings.

The die formation of F igs; 15 and 16 produces a fabric as shown in F ig. 17 in which the reinforc'ement members on each side of the sheet are disposed in regular parallel transverse rows.

From the foregoing it is thought that the Construction, operation and advantages of the herein described machine for making 9 building fabric will be apparent without further description and it will be'understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of Construction may b e resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the ap pended claims.

I claim:-

1. A'machine for making building fabric including a device having means for upset ting portions of a body sheet, and means for inserting a reinforcement through said upset portions of the sheet. v

2. A machine for making building fabric including a' forming die having means for upsetting portionsof the fabric sheet, and i means for inserting reinforcement through said upset portions of the sheet.

3. A machine for making building fabric including a forming die having means for 1.15

forming sheet material with upset wall portions, and means for threadin a reinforcement through said upset wal ortions.

4. A machine for making building fabric including a forming die having means for crimping the sheet material, and means for Weaving a reinforccment through said material while held in crim d condition.

5. A machine for making building fabric including a device havin means for p'ressing'and holding the fabrc sheet, and means for weavin and threadin a metal reinforcement t erethrough whle so held.

6. A machinefor making building fabric including a device having means for pressing aid holding sheet' material, and means for causing a metal reinforcement to be threadcd through the sheet inaterial alter nately upon opposite sides thereof.

7. A machine for making building fabric including a orming die havin means for 'crimping the fabric sheet with ongitudinal rows ofcorrugations, and means for thread ing'a metal reinforcement through the corrugations'of each row. r

' 8. A machin for making building fabric I including' a 'fOrming die having means for crimping'the fabric sheet to 'form longitudinal rows of corrugations, and 'means for -threadiig a straght reinforcement through each row of corriigationswhile the sheet is held in crimped condition' 49. A machine for making building fabric i includinga forming die having means for crimping thefabric sheet; means for forming opening'sin thefisheet, andlmeans for feeding ;a metal V reinforcement in; and

V or makin building fabrics including a forming ie having means for c-impng the fabrc sheet, 'means' for perforating the' sheet in rows., and means for feeding a metal reinforcement into and ;through each row of perforations.

11. A machine formaking building fabric including a forming die having means for crimping the fabricsheet means for perforating wall portions' of the crimp and means 'for causing a metal reinforcement to be woven with thesheet b y threading the same through the 'perforatons thereof. A

2 12.' Amachine for making building fabric including' a forming diecomp'rising upper 3 and lower mating die 'members .having transverse rows ordie units, each of which units s 'provided -wth 'Sheet crmpng means.

1 3. A machine for making building fabric building fab ric respectively having a die recessandi a'die* prej ection.

^ 15. A machine for making building fabric' including a formin -die com rising upper 'and lower' die mem ers and avinga plurality of transverse rows or. die unts, each of said`die1unts consistingof opposing dieblocks respectiv'ely having a die recess 'and a die projection and a reinfo'rcement guiding groove crossing the die rojection 16. A machine for ma ing' building fabric.

upper a .including -a formin die comprisin" and lower die mem' ers having a p urality of complemental die recesses and'diepro- 'jections n the die projections, the rein orcement uidinggrooves of allof the projections eing' longitudinally alined in parallel rows. 4

and reinforcenientguidin grooves In i ony' whereof I herunto aflix fiy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM CLAYTON coRYELL.

Witnses: Roy T. LAW,

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